Chorizo And Cheese Quesadillas

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 8 ounces bulk chorizo sausages or 8 ounces mild italian sausage
• 1/3 cup chopped onion
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 fresh jalapeno pepper, finely chopped
• vegetable-flavored tortillas or plain flour tortilla
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil
• 1 cup shredded monterey jack cheese, and (mexican farmer cheese, 4 oz.) or 1 cup queso fresco (mexican farmer cheese, 4 oz.)
• 2 tablespoons snipped fresh cilantro or 2 tablespoons parsley

Recipe

• 1 for filling, in a medium skillet cook chorizo or sausage, onion, and garlic until meat is brown and onion is tender. drain off fat.
• 2 pat chorizo mixture with paper towels to remove as much additional fat as possible.
• 3 stir in jalapeno pepper; set aside.
• 4 brush one side of 3 tortillas with half of the cooking oil.
• 5 place tortillas, oiled sides down, on a large baking sheet. spread the chorizo filling over tortillas on baking sheet. combine cheese and cilantro or parsley; sprinkle over filling.
• 6 top with the remaining tortillas. brush with the remaining oil.
• 7 place quesadillas on the rack of an uncovered grill directly over medium heat.
• 8 grill for 3 to 4 minutes or until filling is heated through and tortillas are starting to brown, turning once halfway through grilling.
• 9 to serve, cut quesadillas into wedges.
• 10 nutritional facts per serving.
• 11 calories: 232, total fat: 14g, saturated fat: 6g, cholesterol: 32mg, sodium: 346mg, carbohydrate: 15g, fiber: 1g, protein: 10g, vitamin c: 4%.